23 Years of Service to Japan 1950 - 73

1973 - 74 Furlough Report of Mark and Pauline Maxey

TO THE FRIENDS OF THE KYUSHU CHRISTIAN MISSION

KANOYA, KAGOSHIMA 893, JAPAN-BOX 417, NORTH VERNON, INO. 47265

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6eefi a lon^ -tiifte," Doo ix>nq,
theyte ^ (Wij eXcM.e iX ufould be joimd ^ 2 CoAAntlvixm^. 11.26,

often." 9f tjoui look that i4p, PauuL qoe^. on to talk aboyit ati the dang>eA^ he fac^ in hU. t/uxuelA,,
9f 9 have been Jin anij dan^^/t 9 didn^t kytow
9f^tead rmf ^u/u^teif^Lng^ haue been tiiade po4.4/Lb^
bij the fieip^inf handd, dedicated wheeld. and Chu^tlan ho4pltaliMf of ^od^4. people alt along, the

Siyic,ethe. beqA^n ing ofhedemhe^ 9haue. spoken ^49 chputche^ in 13 4.tate4.: Kent dchj,
ivoLf. (Oheij voi/LL fo/cjgAj)e me fo't not myitlonlnq, ati theAA, vume^ heAA.)

9ndiana, 9Hinoi^9 Mlc.htgan, Mia^outAA^, 9ou)a, Minn&aota, No^tth hakcta, Soi^AJi hakota ojnd
dka, Qejo^tq^ a^ 9ioAAxLa, 9 ^w&wbe/c.
ac/uo4^ Sondi hakota bif the. aid of the. %h4e
^^aiAJLine, the Qack l^abbiX bt44. cowpajnuf and al^. aith deaii and Eetttj Oaa^a in thei/C' oaA,

hui/r^ing, thid time 9 have p^^e^ched 19 4.e/ttnond, given 47 ^/tixie p^e4.entationd, taid^ht 2 ^ible. school
I c/oddtid, 4 Lfoung peoples, weeting^, one Rpta/uj citd!) tadk; one we^i'd meetiyi^, tai^/^ht 25 cla^eA
^ in fSiJble coUjege^ and p^teached at 6 Sible ooLLege chapel de<ui/u)<i.
C-^eciallif ijnpo^cJtant to w.e a>a<6. the time <6pent on the. caittpid^ed at Platte Ualleij l^ihle
College, hakota SiJble College, 9o\oa Ch/UAtian College (nouf fo'tfuing.), Oja-dt Sible College,
Minnedota Sible College and ^'teat Xake4. ^ible College, One of nnf p^fectd fo't tkU. fn^tloi4^
toad the fv^titing. and p^Antijng of 'ionn_J2pol^Jje.tei..,

lope with Rjalph Winter,

Ohid had been pidt in an oMive"

fo^ d^^^iiht4&on^to ad mmuf od pod^le of the

dtudentd in alt otd/^ ISUble college^., 9t had been a lot of ha/uL 00^ getting it all togethe'^ and
the dJidtu.bt<;f'M)n done, but the p^jjecJ: Id jM4.t about completed,
hope, of couA^e, ia. to
c/teate ^neu)ed inteAe4.t in mi/dAijonaAij deAvijce and e^ecijallif in ^pan, Matj it be do!

^pZue add'te4Aed have been gii)en at dpecial tneetingd. inicludtng. the iMi^ l^ln^^ATCdnfe^cence
of mj alma mte^, Miimedota lSiJ:>le College at Rochedte/c,; the Mi^dd^nd [rnphadi^ aeek at Cincinnati
Sible hemina^ and the i9th annual
R.al^, one of the g/ceat gatheAAjngA of ouA. people. 9 appreciate being ijnuited to paAXic4.pate and a^id glad to dpeak, a good
ido^xL on behalf of a convention ufhijch i/d dpondo^ed bij the chuAched., uot -t/ifi nuiAidA^i^iaAij^ which
involved, about 60 chuAched in a uoluntaAuj addociationj which dpeci/fdxiallif adJtd the w/LdAAX}nm. ^

to talk about the work he iA. doing and then ntaked a dlgnificant flnancixil coyU/tAhution to help
hufi. caAAi^ it out,

(Me^need moA& of thid kAyid,

9n ^c^an theAe have been two deathd, ^>ko l^aduifama of Vo'tuntiju dpent hid life ad a
cook in the gold mjned. of the l^iJzx>n. He wad baptijed at i/Zhiteho^e a^id wad. faiMiful to the
Jto^ tilt the end afteA hi^ retutn to ^pan, /V>t. Vaniguchi of Sueifodhi wad a taK off4Xiial,
Dhe chutch at hueufodki la''u^eli^ centeAed aAound him, Zoen at 9/ he wad. d.teadfadt in walking.

ah/iAch and condi4JCiting. the.

de^djce. Hideo yodha, iHin^t^_.atJ(awija had dafe/if ^tetn/tned

f'^nt a p^teaehlng, and dtndij t/Up to the fldAxm cotmttied

him edpeci/xthf
do he couM make a dtudif of the 9adAh-P^m^e difdtem of dutppo-tt ad p^cZlced ^ the Philippine

Odtandd with a olew to adapting, and applying, thld p^q/c4m in ^pan, iDalte/c, and Ma^ w^uXe often,
Oheif cfce engaged in a full p^g/uim of euangelldtlc. actioltled with good 'tedid/Ltd, *7heLf ^tepo^
f/c4jghtenijn^ Inc/ceaded In the codt of food and euetufthing, elde connected with the life and
wo/ck. Contini4je to /cetnejube/u them.

Ou/t hoi4^e in PleaditA^ l^ldge, Pa^k, K^j. contijme^ to be the hutb of famiMf life eoen
when 0 am aaay f^m It. 9 t^ to talk to PaudAjne on the phone eveAif dauf. Hope Id doing, well
at school. Paf4JUjne had dpoken In modt of the cfw/tched in the Xouldullte a^tea and maintaind
a wltnedd of encoid^gement to manuf in the a/tea. He/c home Id open to mancf. 9alth and ^-teg.
alonq, with hid fiance, Eeu Qadkin, a/ce able to get home often f/com Cincinnati dometlmed b^Ajng,Ing thei/t f/ujendd. /^tteadif, howeue/c,, we mudt dta^ planning, to end oi^/t, monthd inXotildullLe
on ^ime I ancLdJuz'tt making oidA way back to ^^xxpan^ Ouot fiA^t dtop will be HameA^llLe, Ohio on

,^)nne 2 fo't,,fiiiief,^and. Eeo^d wedding,. 9alth wad on the hean'd lidt at C.E.S. foA, academic achieo""Hient and had enjjoifed playing, on'^Bie gi/U,^d badketball team. She will be dpendlng, the dimmer
In hUE3 and dmrnet, campd ^ep^^enting, the Kufudhi^, Chtldtian Mlddijon. 9f tjoui would like to ude
hetf get in touch with ud inuitedlately at PO EoK, S8IS8, Xoui^iUZe, KU ^02S8.

(Ve a^ gAatefuZ, fo't the many timed we have been able to gjet togjetheyc with family and
f^l^endd. Dhe MaKeyd had a AMnix>n at vfea^-end ending with ba^e^hop ha^tmnled bij the MaKey
foi4/c,sOibbd,Ma^,Ulcto^ and E^an. Oom and Ea-tba^ Podton and dond, Gobble and Ma^k, dpent dome
happvf dayd with ud In ^anua^. No'tlko KuAmoto of KanoLja, a Ch/Udtlan eXjchange dt^ent of
the' Shujehj chuAch, uldltd often. Ohid Id alwayd an occadlon fo^ ^apanede food, [d and Kay
Holdt of Ple^e, S.^. came In 9ebAua^ to uldlt and e^Cchange ca^. l^e took them. ooeA to dee
l^edto^atlon and Ma>Ceij begAjwijng^d nea^ Pa^AA and Mt. SteAllnq,, Ky. Ohey weAe able to check
Pauline Into the hodpltal In my abdence on 9ebAMaAy 26.

PauJJne^^JjeaJM had been deteA4J>^ting, ^acently . h^. R^jejna eXamAjied heA In ^anna^^
and /cefe^ed he^ to D>t. ElaiA.. He examined heA, thAee weekd lateA and dcheduled he^ fo^ tedtd and
dt'tAg^Ay the. following, week. She h>ad a cgj^Jste hyjdteAectc^^ Si^u/dxan-hodpital,^QjdldiLllLe, on

^ebA44aAy 28. {jojmli^^

wad foundsIwdp^tal ^om became the focal point of p^ayeA and

loue ad Chtldtland called and lete/cA, catdd, floweAA. and telephone calld came in. HeA /coom'mate wad do ijup^Ad^ed bij the ChAldtian loue dhe daw that dhe adked Pauline how dhe could have
thld, too. No^jma Nlchold wad the fltdt to glue a pint of blood In Pauullne'd behalf. 9A'lendd
haue pA,epaAed food, had Hope and 9 to meald and ladled f^om the ShLuely chutAch oAe p'tepaAing,
food each day mZll dhe Id dtAong, again. Pauline'd dtAeng^ will be dlow In A,ecjoue/cln^ but we
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EoK 417, N.UeAnon, i?/V 4726S

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MARK AND PAULINE MAXEY

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
MAIK ANt PtUUNE MAXEV

Mark Gregory Maxey was born In Pomeroy, Washington,

August 10, 19)7. His great grandfather, Asa Maxey, was one
of the early preachers in the Restoration movement in Ken

tucky. Mr. Maxey is one of nine children of R. Tibbs Maxey

and Maude (Bryan) Maxey. R. Tibbs Maxey was an evange

list and minister among churches of Christ for 51 years. Six
children survive: Isabel Dittemore, missionary in Taiwan;
Tibbs Maxey, Professor at the College of the Scriptures,
Louisv<lle, Ky. training Negro ministers; Mary Ellen Giese,
wife of Alvin Giese, minister of the Church of Christ, Storm
Lake, Iowa; Victor Lee Maxey, librarian, Cincinnati Bible
Seminary; and Bryan Maxey, minister First Church of Christ,
Defiance, Ohio.

Mr. Maxey attended the University of Minnesota two

years and received the B.A. degree from Minnesota Bible
College in 1939; the M.A. degree in 1942 and the B.D. de
gree in 1943, both from Cincinnati Bible Seminary. He also
attended the University of Cincinnati and is a graduate of the
Chaplain School, Harvard University. His alma mater, Min
nesota Bible College, honored him with the Doctor of Divin
ity degree at their 50th Anniversary Commencement in 1963.
He and Pauline Pethtel of Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania were
married in December, 1941, while both were students in the
Seminary.

His stateside ministries were with the Church of Christ,

Madelia, Minnesota, 1937-38; Church of Christ, Truman,
Minnesota 1938-40 and the First Christian Church, North

Vernon, Indiana, 1941-44. He served five years as a Chap

lain of the U.S. Army (1944-49) in the U.S., the Philippine
Islands and Japan.

His wife Pauline,joined him in Japan while still in Army

service. This first hand experience resulted in making Japan
their life-time committment two years later. They arrived in
Japan in September, 1950 as direct support missionaries.

They have completed 23 years ofservice in the city of Kanoya, at the very southern tip ofJapan. They work in partner
ship with six ministers, eight churches and numerous preach
ing and teaching points. In 1971 their oldest son, Walter
and his wife Mary completed their training and returned to
Japan as missionaries.

Mr. Maxey has emphasized

establishing indigenous

churches in rural areas; training Christian leaders and de

veloping pertinent Christian literature for Japan. 100,000
copies of his tract, Guide to Christianity, have been used

throughout the nation. His four texts written for English

Bible Classes with interlinear Japanese have gone through
several re-printings.

Besides numerous articles in Christian Missions Today,

Christian Standard and the Restoration Herald, he has au

thored five books: Second Thoughts, Kami No Shomei, a
Japanese version of the same book; CMF; Its First Fifiteen
Years; History of the Philippine Mission of the Churches of
Christ, 1901-1941 and Way Down Here. The last is a 500

page condensation of the best of the Linkletter, a monthly

account of the Maxey family's missionary witness in Kanoya.
This letter has been published since September, 1949.
In Japan, he originated the annual missionary conven
tion of direct support missionaries. He serves on the board

of directors of Osaka Bible Seminary and is one of the Incorporators of the College of the Scriptures, Louisville, Ky.
He Is Past President of the Kanoya Rotary Club, being the
only foreigner, as far as it is known, who has served as the
President of a Rotary Club In Japan.

Mr. Maxey has preached and taught often throughout

Japan and in the neighboring countries of Korea and Tai
wan. He and his wife have had the opportunity both to visit
mission stations and to preach in'Taipei, Hong Kong, the
Philippines, Thailand , Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia,
India, Israel, Greece, Italy, Germany, Poland, France and

England. Also Canada and Honolulu. He and his family

hove made five round trips to Japan and have completed
the circle of the globe three times while returning to the U.S.
for furlough. These journeys have Included visits to most of
the Old Testament and New Testament sites in the Middle
East and Mediterranean.

Mark and Pauline Maxey have five children: Paula, wife

of Klyoto Yanagimoto, Dispatcher with Japan Air lines. They

and their three children now live In Manila, P.I. Walter -

who with his wife Mary and baby daughter have now com
pleted two years of missionary service in Japan, living in
Kagoshlma City. Faith, a freshman and Gregory, a senior at
Cincinnati Bible Seminary and Hope now in the seventh

grade.

A MONTHLY REPORT BY THE MARK G. hUXEY fAMIlV

uNKLerrefi
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE KYUSHU CHRISTIAN MISSION

KANOYA. KAQOSHIMA BBS. JAPAN - BOX 417, NORTH VERNON. IND. 473M

Dear Christian friends.

October.

It wasn't the postman's fault that you've only

received three LINKLETTERS this year. It was mine. This^^-^''Q^aerT\.

Okaeri \
letter will confirm that we are alive, well and
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We wrote you last from Mexico. With Dean Cary

frknJs tn. (

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as director we journeyed through past Mexican history

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WELCOME
and present missionary activity. With me as slave-driver
WELCOME
I took 16 college students through two full length books ' x:^|iCS|SS9li

19,191
SIGN ON GARAGE DOOR.

about Japan plus numerous side excursions into my own

writings and experiences. They got a full semester's
course in Japanese Christian history and both students

and teacher managed to live through it.

' |H

It was worth attending the North American Chri-

f^

stian convention just to raise your voice with 12,000

others and sing, "I'm SDglad I'm a part of the family of

God." We gave part of the panel discussion on "The Missionaries Responsibility to the Sending Churches." It
seemed only the missionaries were interested. At our mis-

sion booth we met friends from far and near, past and
present. Family, too. Bryan and Kathryn Maxey were there
from Defiance, Ohio. The booth effort would not have been

GROUP
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IN OUR DRIVEWAY

possible without the heroic assistance of John Miles Baker who handles
GO YE BOOKS for us. M/M Charles Davis made their home our home for this

stay. Faith came out from Cincinnati and spent 10 days with us. It was
a real heartache as she returned. "When will we meet again?", is the
unspoken question that lays on the heart.

Pauline was able to spend her birthday, August 2, with her

brother Guy Pethtel, in Salt Lake City just before he left for Zaire
for two years on a heavy construction project. I spent my birthday at
Wi-Ne-Ma Week of Missions cooled by the breezes of the Pacific Ocean
on the Oregon coast. This has got to be the most outstanding missions
camp week in the U.S. As one of 5 missionary participants you get to
preach, discuss and present in every way possible your mission endeav
or to upwards of 1000 concerned campers. A real taste of heaven. On

PAULINE AND

PAULA: MANILA

my birthday Pauline gave me a card which read, "Confucius say, "He

who have birthday, one year older." Right on! The campers serenaded me
with, "Happy Birthday, 'Ah So'." August 11 at Lebanon, Oregon was our
last Sunday in the 'south 48.' A place of many warm memories and the
incomparable assistance of Wy and Loni Summers as we wound up our fur
lough year and mailed to all points of the compass the possesions that
wouldn't fit into our suitcases.

Pauline spoke at the annual women's tea of the West Seattle

(Wash.) Christian Church. Arnold and Norma Nichols, out from Louisville
for their daughter's wedding drove us to Vancouver, B.C. Blessed fellow
ship with family, friends and Christians at the churches in Vernon, B.C.
and Grand Prairie, Alberta. A vast and fertile land so completely dif
ferent from Japan. At Whitehorse, Yukon Dave MacCauley drove us 70
miles into the wilderness. Here in a cabin raised with his own hands

he and his wife Bev are rearing their family and witnessing to their

faith.

The Entes family made a round trip of 140 miles to be with us

for an evening of blessed fellowship while the coyotes made their own

'

music in the woods outside.

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HOPE WAITING FOR SCHOOLBUS

The pioneer spirit and the pioneer hospitality are very much alive in Alaska. We enjoy
ed both to the full at the Hamilton Acres Church of Christ, Fairbanks, Harold Reyman. minister>

and at the Southglen church. Anchorage where Fred Green is leading. Between the 2 cities we rode all
day on the world's most accomodating train. It will stop anywhere, anytime for anybody or any
thing.

The scenery is so outstanding nobody minds. For our last Sunday in the U.S., August 23,
Fred asked us to speak for the Bible school and church and to give the
dedicatory address in the afternoon for their newly completed building.

ftfces

It was a joy to do so and to meet brethren from all over the area.

As of today, tte nation will

see a&otlier wave of increases

both in .coBunodfly prices and

puMlc utaity fw~ce price,

J^ansera National Railways

(JNB) fane^ bais

medical eicpaisefi. '
transportation: .

and

The next day we went on to Manila where we took two weeks of real
"vacation" - almost. Part of it sick with a fever, part of it in the
dentist chair but most of it enjoying being with Paula and Kiyoto and
the four grandchildren. The youngest, Tamon,
we were seeing for the

JNR ittain fare ,... 23.2%

Rice:

32 per cent ^ the .averose

^ P&C c&ot

get the best of me in a good wrastle and they had a lot of fun doing so.

pareel fees:

-fP;per cent

of November'1)
tent (in Whyo)

WATCH BAND . CALENDARS

With a Monthly Message
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JAN 78

Late that afternoon we were heading west flying Japan Air Lines
half-price courtesy of our son-in-law, Kiyoto Yanagimoto. Tokyo was
a hectic chaos of waiting, sweating, red-tape and hassling luggage. It
took four hours from landing to hotel. What price progress! There was
joy, too, of talking to Walter and Mary by phone and personally to Harold
and Lois Sims who made the long journey from the suburbs to see us.

T JULY 78

Hope had already arrived in Manila July 5 and enrolled in the 8th
grade at Faith Academy. Paula and Kiyoto are making a home for her and
she rides the school bus 45 minutes each day each way. She is very hap
py there and that made us glad. We visited the school twice and were
pleased with what we saw. Hope will come home for Christmas vacation.

go

We had many opportunities for preaching, teaching and fellowship

with
missionaries in Manila, Taipei and Hongkong. We are seeing a new
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At last, the big day - a direct flight from Hongkong to Kagoshima.

As we touched down at dusk we knew we were back hone among our own peo
ple. What a joy to see Walter and Mary again and granddaughter, Shelley,
now a lovely two year old. Bro.Yoshii had driven over two hours from
Kanoya to be on hand to greet us. Walter had gotten our five-year old
Toyota car off the blocks and ready to go again. I drove down the wrong
side of the road twice before I got the hang of left-hand driving again.

The gas tank holds 17 gallons. It cost $23 to fill it up.

Christians were waiting to greet us as we drove into^oTrr^drTveway^

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Non-Profit Organization

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A MIONTHLY REPOFTT SY THE PMRK G. INAXEY FAMILY

umLexrea
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE KYUSHU CHRISTIAN MISSION

KANOYA. KAG06HIMA &83. JAFAN - SOX 4t7, NORTH VERNON, INO. 47386
Dear Christian friends,

December, 1974

The year end is here. We knew it was coming but we

are not ready. The Lord said His Second Coming would be like

that and yet we put off preparation. That's dangerous business.

Prepared or not, to remember Christ's birth is a

joy. It was a joy when He was born in our own lives. It is a
equal joy to see Him born in the lives of others. And to have
fellowship with Japanese Christians whom you have helped re
ceive this new birth is the special joy that a missionary has.
We live in a ruggged world, of course, and not all
is joy. Japan has been plagued with nation-wide strikes for
more generous year-end bonuses. Japan Air Lines employees
settled for a bonus equal to 4.4 months pay plus $108. That

would be worth about $1500 to the lowest paid employee. I

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feel a special compassion for Japan's preachers of the gos-f
pel at this time of year. There will be no bonuses for them.
Only a token. Each year-end they must take a firmer grip on
Christ's command: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God..."

The radio has just announced postal rates will be*^

raised by 2% times. That will hit hard. At that price it
will cost as much to mail a letter within the city as to the
U.S. Seven Star cigarettes will cost 45% more. So getting
cancer of the lungs will be more expensive, too. Luckily, we

can avoid that one. Mt. Sakurajima is in its second youth.

The paper says it has spewed out 10 million tons of ash the
last 18 months, as unbelievable as that sounds. It blows our
way and every other way as well. It's a fine powder which
covers and infiltrates everything.

President Ford has come and gone. It was a signifigant trip for Japan-U.S. relationships. I was glad it went
off well. The possibility for difficulties was great. He was
the first President to visit Japan. General Grant got here
after he was out of office. He planted a couple of trees which
can still be seen in Tokyo's Shibuya Park. Prime Minister Tanaka has called it quits. Japan decided it had enough of
"money talks" politics. Inflation went to dizzy heights dur
Tanaka's 2% year term. Maybe he thought that since inflation
made him wealthy it was good for everyone else, too.

It has been a special joy to visit each of the

churches and to get re-acquainted after services over hot

cups of Japanese tea and generous servings of Japanese pick

les. I have gotten my basic Japanese out of mothballs and
started preaching my way through the book of Romans. That
should stretch my language and my faith (and hopefully in
crease the faith and understanding, of my hearers-) over the

BEST WISHES TO ALL OF YOU FROM PAULINE & MARK

next couple of years.

We have attended some wonderful gatherings. The wel-

''come we received the first service at the leper colony will

warm our hearts for years to come. We spent a week-end with
Walter at his semi-annual camp for his English Bible Classes

speaking on the theme, "Love and Trust between God and Man."
The blessing of preparation and its reception by the youth
made the effort worthwhile. The preachers gave me a special
welcome and dinner as I took my place with them in the com
mon task we have. The annual Tane Maki Kai sponsored by Osaka

Bible Seminary was a gathering both of quality and quantity.

I went not only for that but to see our two Kyushu students,
who are doing well, and to attend the trustees meeting the
next day. George and Ethel Beckman made me welcome in their
home. It was a special joy to pick up again fellowship with
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Japanese and missionary Christian friends from over the natiog. 5 MTSS

I went with the preachers to a two-day seminar in Miyazaki

discussing Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism and Toitsukyo

flANADA

TANABE

WITH OUR TWO STUDENTS AT OSAKA BIBLE SEMINARY

(founded by the Rev. Moon you've been reading about in the U.S. papers.) All three of these teachings are
making signifigant gains in Japan. Their raessfige and their methods were analyzed.

My opinion is that they will continue to gain here and elsewhere becaus4,<^Sir methodg^are bib
lical even if all parts of their message are not. Every day there are out in forc^ncn^ZTWnf^'o'rrdoors, talk

ing to people on the streets and handing out litciraCure about their faith. They never give up and are not
discouraged when rebuffed. This is exactly what Christ told US to do. The Morman church keeps ten person
able, neatly dressed,energetic young men in Kagoshima City

at all times. Ail other missionaries in the

entire prefecture total nor more than 15. In otlxer words, the MrtTmnnc;
missionary force
_ifl. our state. Their success is assured. "He that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully," is a
law that works equally well for the farmer, the insurance man, the vacuum sweeper salesman and the person
out sharing his faith, be

righfe-or wrong.,

We have had some, family jpys^nd sorrows as well. In October, Walter and Mary's lovely daughter,

Shelley, became two years old. We attended her birthday party. Maybe we enjoyed it more than she did.
On November 22 Walter-and Mary became the parents of a fine son, Trent Elliott.weighing in at 7k pounds
with a full head of hair and two bright blue eyes. Mother and baby are doing fine. He was to have been
bom in the northern city of Kobe but the young luan decided he wanted to be a true native son born right

here in Kagoshima. So instead of getting the early morning flight north for which tickets had been bought
well in advance, Mary headed for the Nakamura hospital instead. The baby was born at 9 a.m. He is grand
child number six, five of whom have been born in Japan. He wAs the only one I have been able to hold with
in a few days of birth so that was an added joy.

- Some time, ago_Xaul_lne._had_.tgld.-Eaula that when she hpcame well enough she wanted _to be able to
take care of the children for awhile so Paula and Kiyoto could take a vacation since it had been three
years since they had one. They decided to accept her offer and asked her if she could come down to Manila

the first two weeks of November. The paper work v;as finished and tickets in hand by October 25. That after

noon the phone rang, ^ajil^aiid,Hope w^e very sick. Could Pauline come sooner.

Makoto Motoyoshi spent

gave her a fast ride in the early dawn to the airport to catch the first plane.

A few hours later she

some midnight hours on the telephome'^ettxng"the tickets changed. Pauline spent all night packing. I

was in Manila, just 20 hours after the phone call.

While she nursed and took care of the grandchildren I batched for three weeks. There has never

been any doubt in my mind chat "it is not good for man to be alone," but this spell confirmed it. Pauline
had left good things in the refrigerator and when Walter and Mary were over, -she added to the store. But
somehow they don't taste so good when eaten alone. Sometimes to shorten the lonliness I'd pour hot water
over a package of instant noodles and let it go at that. I planned a trip north to get my annual physical
exam in Kyoto; to get new parts put on my typewricer by IBM in Osaka and to meet Pauline at the airport

there when she arrived.

We had not been back home in Kanoya for more than an hour, however, when..^e

suddenly came ^o.wp with chil.ls and fever. Well one moment. Sick the next. Something strange. It was hot
until the next day that i had time td~go through a medical manual to see if I could find out what she had.

I came upon one that said "Dengue Fever." - "an acute, feverish disease characterized by its

sudden onset." That seemed to fit so I read on: "..fever, prostration, joint and muscle pain; a rash
that appears simultaneously with a 2nd rise in teinperature following a non-feverish periodtransmitted
to humans by the bite of mosquitoes...convalescence is often prolonged, lasting several weeks...no specific
treatment known,. .complete bed rest and good nursing are important..."' I put down the book. I knew whather
disease was. She had brought back from Manila the same fevers that Paula and Hope had had. Pauline has had

her share of pain but this was the worst suffering I ever saw her endure. She did not have strength to

less get out of bed. The nursing she got may not have been good but it was the best I could

give her. She had no appetite but cool fruit Juice was a relief~from

fever. The" tangerines (mekans)

are in season and I squeezed out as many glasses as she could drink. I-t- took ten days for the fever to die
.dowa-and. three wepk.-=i-l^ftfnrp phf ipft- t-h^ hmigp to venture to the corner store on my army'she is on the mend.

We are grateful for the prayers on her behalf on each side of the ocean, God and His peop^ are good and

we are grateful.

God bless you all and give you a good New Year. IN HIS SERVICE,

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